Post by cjm on Jul 16, 2015 17:04:30 GMT

Stem cells, the jack-of-all-trades building blocks of human tissues, have yet another application in biology research: scientists have been able to grow them into beating cardiac tissue. This could help scientists better understand how the heart develops and test if drugs might be affect cardiac development in growing fetuses.

The fact that I am considered an adult is both terrifying and hillarious